@Editor Note:
September’s back-to-school energy = lots of solid, practical AI meetups across Hampshire—see top picks below.
Highlights
Tue, 16 Sep • Southampton — PyData Southampton – 18th Meetup (PyData Southampton @ Carnival House) — Neo4j ownership graph + LLM agent evals; pizza & networking — RSVP
Thur, 18 Sept • Southampton Copilot User Adoption: Zero or Hero — for more technically minded, a free meetup. Link
AI enabled crime prevention system is launched in Hampshire — a ground breaking project launch this June that accelerates crime reporting and community engagement while prioritising police resources. Link
Face-to-Face This Fortnight
Tue, 16 Sep • Southampton — PyData Southampton – 18th Meetup (PyData Southampton @ Carnival House) — Neo4j ownership graph + LLM agent evals; pizza & networking — RSVP
Wed, 17 Sep • Chilworth (Southampton Science Park) - Hampshire AI: When Creativity Meets Code (Axis Conference Centre) - local AI community, applied demos and networking - RSVP
Thu, 18 Sep • Southampton - Copilot User Adoption: Zero or Hero + SEO Tips (Developer South Coast) - real-world Copilot adoption talk; useful for IT leads/engineers - RSVP
Tue, 23 Sep • East Hampshire — Visioning, strategy and AI (EHDC Business Support) — 3-hour workshop; modality listed as “in person or online”; venue TBC — RSVP: [email protected]
Coming Up
Tue, 30 Sep • Portsmouth — AI in Engineering – Technical Lecture (Portland Building, University of Portsmouth) — Dr Edward Smart shares real‑world machine‑learning projects for engineering applications - RSVP
Thu, 06 Nov • North Baddesley — AI for Business Owners (Pure Human Resources Training Suite) — Half-day, paid-for, beginner-friendly AI tools, pitfalls & quick wins for SMEs — RSVP.
Mon, 12 Jan • East Hampshire — Digital innovation, AI for SMEs cyber risk awareness (EHDC Business Support) — AI & low-code for innovation + cyber risk; “in person or online”; venue TBC — RSVP: [email protected].
Local News ( from most recent)
Ground-breaking crime reporting platform which uses AI is launched (Jun 2025): A new ground-breaking crime reporting platform which uses AI has been launched in Hampshire and the Isle of Wight in partnership with local authorities. portsmouth.co.uk
Southampton Airport launches “Hello Southampton” AI-powered digital assistant (Apr 2025) — First local transport hub to roll out an AI concierge (by Hello Lamp Post), offering real-time flight info and wayfinding via QR codes; follows a Glasgow pilot reporting ~50% fewer customer queries—useful benchmark for public-sector deployments in Hampshire. Source. centralsouth.co.uk
Southampton team wins international AI hackathon (Feb 2025) — shows local capability pipeline; good speakers/sponsors to approach for events. — one sentence on what changed or why it matters. research.uhs.nhs.uk
Basingstoke College of Technology embraces 'incoming tide' of AI (Jan 2025) - the college now teaches its students how to use AI responsibly, including how to recognise AI-generated content. bbc.co.uk
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